Identification of ice elevation change of the Shuiguan River No. 4 glacier in the Qilian Mountains, China

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-379

  Li, Jing ^a   Liu, Shiyin ^a   Shangguan, Donghui ^a   Zhang, Yinsong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

DEM; Glacier mass balance; GPS RTK; Mountane runoff

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251611658     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-010-1124-1     Document Type: Article

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